The potential financial impact of the arbitrated settlement between Bell and Public Works (PWGSC) in respect of Canada’s Department of National Defense (DND) network is not public, but it must be enough to justify launching a court challenge of the CRTC’s ruling.
TELUS has filed leave to appeal two related CRTC rulings in the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA). Various links on the FCA page show that Court Number 09-A-12 has named PWGSC, the CRTC and Bell among the parties to the case.
On February 20, the Commission published its rationale for its determination that was issued on January 30. The information on the FCA website seems to indicate that TELUS is appealing the January 30 decision as well as a determination the day before that TELUS would not be granted a last minute voice in the arbitration.
TELUS is pursuing this file with what might be called a bodacious display of tenacity. How material is the DND remediation on TELUS’ financial results?